Doctoral Training Partnership(DTP) in Structural Metallic Systems for Gas Turbine Applications-universities of Cambridge,Swansea and Birmingham.

剑桥大学、斯旺西大学和伯明翰大学之间建立了博士培训伙伴关系。日益减少的资源和气候变化迫使工程设计师以更高的效率利用材料和能源供应。有人认为，如果要避免不可逆转的气候变化，必须减少60-90%的二氧化碳排放量。目前，几乎所有的飞机推进和英国总发电量的三分之一以上都依赖于燃气轮机。与其他替代品相比，它们的灵活性和效率意味着，在可预见的未来，它们在发电中的应用预计将大幅增加。同样，预计航空旅行也将大幅增长，到2050年乘客人数预计将增加一倍或两倍。要在不使国民经济活动停滞的情况下大幅减少燃气轮机的排放，需要在很多方面采取紧急行动。这对英国尤其重要。它拥有欧洲最大的燃气轮机工业，仅次于美国，包括主要的发动机制造商，如劳斯莱斯，阿尔斯通和西门子，以及大约3000家公司提供合金，高完整性部件，如盘，叶片和轴，以及涂料和密封件。整个行业雇用了40多万人，仅在电力部门就产生了20亿美元的出口。EPSRC和Rolls-Royce plc在燃气轮机应用结构金属系统领域建立了战略合作伙伴关系，有两个关键目标：1)开展必要的基础材料研究，以提高燃气涡轮发动机的效率和环境可持续性。ii)在结构金属系统方面培养下一代世界级的材料科学家和冶金工程师，这对英国学术界和工业界该学科的未来健康发展至关重要。这两个目标都符合英国在研究和培训方面的关键需求，这些需求在2008年国际材料审查、RAE建议和2008年EPSRC工程设计审查中得到了确认。它们还构成了航空航天和国防知识转移网络材料和结构国家技术委员会推进路线图的组成部分。

This Doctoral Training Partnership is between the universities of Cambridge,Swansea and Birmingham.Dwindling resources and climate change are forcing engineering designers to utilise materials and energy supplies with ever-greater efficiency. It is argued that cuts in CO2 emissions of between 60-90% must be achieved if irreversible climate change is to be avoided. At present, almost all aircraft propulsion and over 1/3 of the UK's total generating capacity rely on gas turbines. Their flexibility and efficiency compared with the alternatives mean that their use in power generation is predicted to dramatically increase for the foreseeable future. Similarly, a substantial growth in air travel is also predicted with passenger numbers forecast to double or triple by 2050. Achieving drastic reductions in the emissions from gas turbines, without bring national economic activity to a standstill, requires urgent activity on a very wide number of fronts. This is particularly important for the UK. It has Europe's largest gas turbine industry, second only to the US, including major engine makers, such as Rolls-Royce, Alstom and Siemens, together with approximately 3,000 companies supplying alloys, high integrity components, such as discs, blades and shafts, as well as coatings and seals. The industry as a whole employs over 400,000 people and generates 2 billion in exports in the power sector alone.EPSRC and Rolls-Royce plc have established a Strategic Partnership in the field of Structural Metallic Systems for Gas Turbine Applications with two key aims:i) To undertake the fundamental materials research necessary to improve the efficiency and environmental sustainability of gas turbine engines.ii) To train the next generation of world-class materials scientists and metallurgical engineers in structural metallic systems that will be critical to the future health of the discipline in UK academia and industry. Both these aims meet key UK needs in research and training as identified in the International Review of Materials 2008, the RAE Recommendations and the EPSRC EngD Review 2008. They also form an integral part of the propulsion roadmap of the Materials and Structures National Technical Committee of the Aerospace and Defence knowledge transfer network.